There's a part in the 4th movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, about 15 minutes into it, when the soloists have finished their initial turn and the strings and the woodwinds and the horns have been chasing a melody around for a few pages, right when things slow down and a simple fanfare is repeated 3 times by the horns and strings, just before the choir lets loose with

"Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Deine Zauber binden wieder,
Was die Mode streng geteilt;
Alle Menschen werden Brueder,
Wo dein sanfter Fluegel weilt. "

In that moment, in that pause before the onrushing storm, where you know just how wonderful the next 5 minutes are going to be, in that very moment, if you listen hard enough, you can hear the voice of God, speaking through man.

This entry was posted by Kevin Creighton, on 2.25.2006. You can leave your response.